Window and door



March 18, 1930 H. RICE ET AL 1,751,358

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H. R|CE ET AL WINDOW AND DOOR Filed Sept. 7, 1928 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 /NVcN-roanr Patented Mar. 148, 1930 ncwARD- niet: AND 'GEORGE ALEX iyrnren', oF'"M'1A1\crI`,v -rnounra Asslenons 'rol ,y 'd Y f phoning.

WIQINuur AND f Applicativi flied September' 7, lie- Siria w91- @we This inventionrelates kto ywindows and doors of. buildings,andfhas.for its principal object a -elosureffo'r such openings sov 'cony structed of a plurality of units that the whole cumbersome 'or unsightly part's.-

or any" part of the windowor, door! may lso thatthe upwardj movement of. the lowermost unitwill be successively ycgnnmunicated tothe upper units and iinally .carried thereby into a pocket or housing above the window or door casing to provide' a'lOO per cent openp lng and so that the downward' movement of the lowermost unit from a raised position will b e .succes us'ivelyV communicated to the raised upperunitsjto ompletely olosetlie' window or door,4

T-he inventlo n further consists of thenove'l of which' willy be first fully' descrilbedland afterwards specioallyvpoint'ed out Vin the appendedclaii; Referring/to the accompanying drawings c Figure 1 a perspectivefview oil avliofuse illustrating Ythe iiin'proved' 'windows inf the ide-eral* mations .ehdffilllr Open-:r Y'

Figure 2 is a transverse horizontalsectlonal viewtalzen-on linev oi' Figui@ 1.

L' Figure 3i'V aviewr i the windpw partlyv elevation'and partly l'invlerti'cal section.' 'i"Figure"riefayerticaisefinai view teren Figi@ f5' iis a @interview ,illustrating el@ tratng. .hl v.eoilstfrlle j'. of it'hefsill'lintsaed" f :Like numerals of ,reference i dicete. the

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1 indicates theimproved ,window andl2 indicates the/sash units, whichin they style of window illustrated in the drawings is cornposed of'four units. Itis to be clearly understood however,l that the number of units employed `is entirely 'a matter. of choice 'or con. venience, and 'largely dependent upon' the sizleotthe'window or door" andthe architfe'o? .i tureof the building. It is also to be clearly e .understoodzthat whilethe drawings illustrate our invention as appliedto windows, the iml provedclonstruction isequally applicable to doors, as will beevidentwithout additional illustration. f

v Slindicatesjthe .windowvframd the sides 4 oftwhichare provided witha groove 5 for v.

each sash" unit 2, and a bead 6 separating "eaehgrwre' 7 indicates the window sill,wh1chjv as shown d in'Figure 4 maybe 'provided with a depending-flange 8 to prevent vthe entrance. of water frornthe. outsideunder v.the sill'.v

y rllhe entrestructure may .be made of metal or of wood,- or .partlyfof metal and partly. of

wood, as may loedesired.r s

9V indicatesy the top the' sill-Tio theN top trim' .9. f Above the ytrim r9 isajcha'mber ori pocket lOIintol Whichlthe' side i'rames4` of the'window extend.v and crossframe 1I.

i Reerring now tothe sash'units 2, it will be `seen that we preer to equip-each-unit with .-,hiehv are joined .togetherat .their tops by a a 'pair'.ovrollers 12 in leach-'side edgeoff the 'Y sash unitsto facilitate the easy movement or"v trim of the window, the window opening extending ofcoursefrom .thensame inthe sash'k grooves .of the sidey The lowermostsash unit-2 has abottom rail 'I 13 .provided Vwith a small outwardly rextending flange 514,' (Figures-.41and .6.) while the n' top rail'l5 offsaidunit 2 has a similarly out-.I .f .wardly extending flange 16. ITheflower railV V17 .of the next lsash .unit 2 has'a smallginwardly projecting iian'ge 1-8. arranged in the path of .movement'of .the iiangeV 14 ofthe lo'werrail 13, and also has a small outwardly l j yextending flange 19.1

`. `The lower rail 17 o f the third i .unitzivsialso .provided :with saidinwardly and outwardly exfendingiange .1eme iafwhilwc y the lower rail17 of the top unit 2 is also equipped with said fianges 18 and 19.

The upper rails of the second and third sash units 2 are equipped with small outwardly extending flanges 16 and are identical with the upper rail15 of the lowermost sash unit so that all of said outwardly extending flanges 16 are disposed in the path of movement of the adjacent inwardly extending flanges 18 on the lower rails ofthe sash units.

p A variation however, exists as to the upper rail ofthe top sash unit 2, inasmuch as a cap` Y 2OA is fixed on said rail which provides slight outward .extension 21 to engage on top lof abead'or flange .22 at they bottom of the chamber or pocket 10. The size ofthe cap -20 is such las to completely close off the said chamber or pocket 10 when the Vsash units 2 are in a lowered position as shown in Figures 3 and 4', in` order to provide a finishto the window construction. But saidcap 20 is raised up into the top of the chamber or thatthe size, style, and type of the window ordoo'r will determine the-character of the construction of the raising or operating mechanism, and that therefore the raising or operating mechanism would of course be changed or varied to meet the conditions as they are found to exist.

It will be seen from Figures 3, 4 and 5 that .we may employ a removable section 4 in one offtlie'sides4 of the groove 3. l/Vhen this section 4 which is also provided with grooves and beads 5 and 6, the sash units 2 may be quickly inserted in or removed from the frame. Screws 3', as shown in Figure 4 retain the removable section 4 in operative Y position shown in said gure. Y

- Simply for thev purpose of illustrating a raising or operating mechanism, but not for the purpose of limiting the invention to such Y Y construction, we have shown in the drawings an embodiment which consists of a pair of sprocket'wheels 21 at the top and bottom Vof :the structure Vover which run chains 22 having their ends securedto the corners ofthe flowermosty sash lsection 2,'in such manner aste lieLwithin the groove 5 for said sash unit asshownI in dotted lines on the left side of "FigureB," A shaft 22, (Figure 7 may carry one ofthelower sprockets 21, and may also i carry a similar sprocket 23 which may be con- ,fj 'nected by a chain 24 to a similar sprocket on @the opposite side ofy the window structure.

y"Aicrank 24",having a 'slidable handle 25 carrying a slidable pin 26, may be mounted on the crank 24, while an escutcheon plate 27 having therein a hole 28 to receive said slidable pin 26 may be mounted at the bottom of the window structure as shown in Figure 3. By this "construction, the sash units may be raisedzor lowered and also locked in a raised, lowered or intermediate position, by the slidable pin 26 entering the hole 28v in the plate27. c

Any other suitable operative or locking devicev may,l be employed without `departing from the'spirit of our invention.

Having thus described the several parts of the invention, it is believed that the operation of the-same will be obvious from an inspection of the accompanying drawings taken in connection with the foregoing specification.

' However, it may be said that upon upward movement of the lowermost sash unit 2 the flange 14 on its lowerrail 13 engages the inwardly extending iiange 18 on the lower rail 17 of the second sash unit 2, and ,raises said second sash. As the upward movement is continued, the outwardly extending flange 19 on the lower rail 17 of the second sash unit, engages the inwardly extending flange 18 on the lower rail 17 of the third sash unit and raises said third sash unit. Asthis upward movement progresses, the `outwardly extending flange 19 onthe lower rail 17 of the third sash unit engages the inwardly extending flange 18 on the lower-rail-17y of the fourth or uppermost sash unit, and raises said fourth sash unit so that all of the sash units are finally raised and housed inthe chamber or pocket-10, as shown in Figure 5.

At any point during this upward progress of the sashunits', the slidable pin 26 may be dropped into the hole 28 in the plate 27 and the window sash units locked in any intermediate or partially raised position, or in fully raised position, as shown in Figure 5. To lower the sash units, the outwardly projecting flanges 16 .on the top rails 15 of the sash units successively engage the inwardly projecting flanges 18 on the lower rails 17 of the sash sections to close the window asA shown in Figure 4. These outwardly extending flanges 16 on the top rails 15 of the sash units alsoH .prevent independent upward movement of the second, third-and fourth sashunits and thus retain these vsash units against opening or'vmovementyfrom the outside,when the lowermost sash unit is locked in its lowered position as shown in Figure4. Having thus described the invention, it will be seen that the obj ects of the invention are accomplishedgby a simple and an inexpensive construction. And while we have shown only a single embodiment ofthe same, we are fully aware that various changes and alterations may be made therein without departing from the spirit of the invention, and we' considerv ourselves clearly entitled to, all

such changes and modifications, as fall Within the limit and scope of the appended claim. Y

What we claim as new and desire to secure by 'Letters Patent of the United States is: I A device of-thecharacterdescribed including ya frame having sides provided with grooves and beads, a plurality of units slidn able in said grooves, each unit including an upperv rail and a lower railthe lowermost l0 rail of each unit being provided with-an out- I wardly extending lange, and the lowermost rail of certain of thevunitsbeing provided with an inwardly extending flange ldisposed in the paths of upward movement of the out- 15 wardly extending flanges :of thel adjacent units, the upper Yrail of certain of the units being provided with an outwardly extending flange arranged above the said inwardly extending flange on the lower Vrail of its'adja- 2G cent unit and in the path of downward move-v Y ment thereof, the device being provided kat its top with a pocket to receive and houseall of Vthe units, a cap mounted on and movable with the upper rail of the top unit to completely close off the said pocket when thesaid top unit is in normal lowered position, a side y' of the frame including a removable section A for the application and removal of thennits, y and means for manually operating the units v 3g to raise and lower the same and including l means for locking the units in any position.

In testimony rwhereof we aflix ourV signai tures. f l Y.

' HOWARD .RICE

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